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Create a Zentangle tile using the three new patterns. Try creating depth by incorporating some of the techniques used to create a landscape drawing.
    Angie added the pattern Tipple to today’s pattern to help carry the eye through the tile.
    CHANGING PEN TIP SIZES as we create patterns to enhance the illusion of depth is a simple technique that can be big on impact. There is very limited space on a Zentangle tile, so this technique can help keep a clearer definition of the patterns while enhancing the illusion of depth. On a clean page in your sketchbook, practice this technique with several of your favorite patterns and a few patterns you rarely use. Pay attention to the different line each nib creates and how they each affect the patterns’ tone, weight, and shading.
    All three examples move the eye through the piece by decreasing tonal values as they recede.

DAY 11 AURAS AND ROUNDING, TWO NEW TANGLENHANCERS
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Micron 01 pen
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2H and 2B pencils
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brush pens in black and gray
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sketchbook
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white tile
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ATCs
    TODAY WE WILL WORK with two Tanglenhancers that can also affect your tonal values. Auras are created by carefully drawing within 1/16 to 1/8 inch (1.6 to 3.2 mm) around a tangle’s edge. This creates a line that mimics the shape’s edge. Keep the spacing even all the way around; drawing slowly helps. You can create auras in multiples and even place patterns in them. Auras are great for transcending from one tangle or tonal pattern to another.
    Rounding on a tangle refers to darkening the crevices, nooks, and crannies. It is a little detail that gives a finished, classic look to the tangle. Rounding is done with a pen. It brings dimension, weight, and depth to a piece and can be very useful in anchoring a pattern into the composition.
    Create today’s Zentangle tile using any tangles you choose. Use an aura around at least one tangled pattern and incorporate rounding on at least one pattern. Last, challenge yourself to also use one pattern you rarely use when you tangle. Add any other patterns you would like to complete your tile.
    There are four auras around the Flux pattern. The first and second auras start the pattern Knights Bridge in them; the third and fourth were exaggerated and the pattern Shattuck was also added at the bottom. There are four auras under the Knights Bridge pattern.
    Rounding can help ground a pattern, create depth or a sense of space, and increase eye movement on a tangled tile.
    The auras help keep the patterns light and airy while the rounding in Poke Root, Mooka, and Tipple help anchor the composition.
    THIS EXERCISE BRINGS OUR AWARENESS to how much hand pressure we use when we draw. When you draw with a brush and ink, any change in hand pressure will show as a change in the width of the line. The more pressure that is placed on the tip of the brush pen, the wider the line. Concentrate on making consistent lines in this exercise. Turn to a clean page in the sketchbook. Experiment with making short thin lines that are consistent in width. Then try thicker lines, wavy lines, and orbs. Practice several patterns using the pens. Use a brush and water to create shadows. When you are comfortable with the brush pen, try creating an ATC or two. Add auras and rounding when desired.

    On the first ATC, I learned a lot and found that shading the patterns with the water required caution, especially in areas containing a lot of ink. I used some drips from the ink to add interest on the second ATC.

DAY 12 BALANCING HARMONY AND VARIETY
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Micron 01 pen
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pencil
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sketchbook
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white tile
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white ATC
    THE BALANCE OF HARMONY to variety in a composition creates eye movement. Harmony is created by a relationship between different areas on a composition that create a pleasing effect for the viewer. The relationship may be a similarity in shape, tonal value, size, or a combination of one or more. The common elements need not be identical, just close enough